Patents by Inventor Charles E. Rothe

Charles E. Rothe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Nucleator assembly for snowmaking apparatus
    Patent number: 5887791
    Abstract: In snowmaking apparatus having a fan which forces air through a tubular housing, an improved nucleator assembly wherein an air-water mixture is injected at an angle into the airstream close to the downstream side of the fan and remote from the housing outlet from nozzles on vanes designed to create turbulence and wherein the air-water mixture for the nucleator is formed in a multi-passage mixing block on the exterior of the housing with the pressure of both the air and water regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Saugerties Snow Equipment Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. Rothe
  • Nucleator assembly for snowmaking apparatus
    Patent number: 5379937
    Abstract: A nucleator assembly for snowmaking apparatus wherein body elements or vanes are disposed in a tubular housing, preferably radially, downstream from an air displacement mechanism and define mixing chambers in which air and water are mixed and then ejected from nozzles on the body elements or vanes radially spaced from the housing axis directly in the air stream flow, and portions of the body elements or vanes are heated to prevent freezing of the water in and adjacent to the mixing chambers and nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Rothe Welding and Fabrication, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. Rothe